Northwood starts Auto Industry Executive MBA in fall 2016

Northwood starts Auto Industry Executive MBA in fall 2016

Northwood University in Midland, Mich., will offer a Motor Vehicle Industry Executive MBA program starting in the fall of 2016. It was designed with the career demands of emerging and established leaders at all levels of the auto industry in mind.

The fully accredited Executive MBA program at Northwood is delivered in a blended format, targeting the working industry professional, with both on-site and online classes. The online component is coupled with six one-week, on-site residencies over the 30-month duration of the program. The industry-specific Executive MBA program consists of interactive online and collaborative classroom learning, enabling industry professionals to incorporate it into their busy schedules.

The program, developed in consultation with key industry leaders, uses a problem-based learning method that empowers students to immediately apply their expanded knowledge to their businesses. With 36 credit hours over 30 months, the program offers interactive case studies, industry-specific cases, leading industry guest speakers and an individual capstone project, where all students participate in a system-wide MBA simulation event. Among the classes offered are financial reporting, corporate financial decision making, and motor vehicle corporate and organization strategy.